On December12, 2012, the “China-Russia Joint Laboratory on Grassland Ecosystem” (CRJLGE) was launched at the Institute of Grassland Research of CAAS in Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia.

November 19, 2012, Mr. Alejandro Cruz, Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Costa Rica (MICIT) visited CAAS and was warmly received by Vice President, Dr. WANG Ren.

November 13, 2012, Dr WANG Ren, Vice President of CAAS met with Ms. Michelle O’Neil, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development of the Northern Ireland and Great Britain at the CAAS main campus.

On November 26th, Professor JIANG He-ping, from Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development (IAE) of CAAS, was conferred the 4th China-Africa Friendship Award.

On Nov 7th, Vice President WANG Ren met with Dr. Gregory Bohach, Vice President of Mississippi State University (MSU) and his colleagues at CAAS campus.

On October 19th, Dr. LI Jia-yang, Vice Minister of Agriculture and President of CAAS, met with the visiting Dr. Robert Zeigler, Director General of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) at CAAS...

Sponsored by European and Mediterranean Cereal Rusts Foundation and CAAS, the 13th International Cereal Rusts and Powdery Mildews Conference was held in Bejing from August 29-31.

Ulrich Kuhlmann, Regional Director of CABI’s Swiss centre, highlighted the importance of partnerships after being honoured with the Chinese government’s Friendship Award in Beijing on 28 September 201...

On October 12, Vice President WANG Ren met with Paul E. Schickler, President of DuPont Pioneer, and exchanged views on enhancing collaboration on agricultural research between CAAS and DuPont Pioneer.

On Sept 27, Vice President TANG Hua-jun met with Professor Ulrich Kuhlmann from Germany and Professor Eric Van Ranst from Belgium, who won the 2012 Chinese Government Friendship Award.